Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/rda.13340 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. DR NATHALIE JIATSA DONFACK (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-7565-1655) DR REBECA MAGALHAES PEDROSA ROCHA (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-4991-3180) Article type : Original Article Authorship Statement: AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS NJD performed the laboratory work and write the first draft of the manuscript. KAA coordinated and help in the execution of the experiment. MOT performed the anesthetic protocol. BGA performed the statistical analysis. RMPR and JBB helped with the histological analysis and revised the manuscript. MB and RSP provided the animals. CHL performed the PCR analysis. JRF provided the technical support and revised the manuscript. RRS and JS revised the manuscript. APRR designed the experiment, provided the funding and helped with the drafting of the manuscript. All authors read the final draft and agreed to its submission. Xenotransplantation of goat ovary as an alternative to analyze follicles after vitrification Running head: Xenotransplantation to analyze vitrified ovary Nathalie Jiatsa Donfack 1 , Kele Amaral Alves 1 , Benner Geraldo Alves 1 , Rebeca Magalhães Pedrosa Rocha 1 , Jamily Bezerra Bruno 1 , Carlos Henrique Lobo 1 , Marcelo Bertolini 2 , Regiane Rodrigues dos Santos 3 , Marilia de Oliveira Taumaturgo 4 , Ramon da Silva Raposo 4 , José Ricardo de Figueiredo 1 , Johan Smitz 5 , Ana Paula Ribeiro Rodrigues 1* 1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles (LAMOFOPA), State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil